Manicure-tool.



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MARY E. SCHILZ, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

MANICURE-TOOL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 657,011, dated August 28, 1900.

Application filed February 19, 1900. Serial No. 51765. (No model.)

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Be it known that I, MARY E. SCHILZ, a citizen of the United States, residing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented certain Improvements in Manicure-Tools, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to make a com pact and effective manicure-tool for dressing` the cuticle of the nails, as fully described hereinafter.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the application of my improved tool to the cuticle of fingernails. Fig. 2 is a side view. Y Fig. 3 is a detached perspective view. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view.

A is the holder, preferably made of metal. This holder has a reduced grooved portion a at one end, forming a segmental cavity a in the end of the holder, in which is inserted the tool B. This tool is curved, as shown in Fig. 3, to about the contour of the nails and is also rounded at each corner, so that the end of the tool will be rounded and curved. By forming the tool in this manner I am enabled to push back the cuticle not only at the base of the nail, but also at the corners, and without scratching the surface of the nail.

I find by making the tool B of thin steel and nishing the end that I am enabled to present a sufficiently-sharp surface that will readily push back the cuticle and yet will not disfigure the nail.

In order to prevent the tool from being pushed back into the holder, I indent the holder at a2 and the metal acts as a stop for the tool.

The holder is tubular, and in the opposite end of the holder I insert a brush D. The bristles d are mounted in a tapered body d',

which can be readily inserted into the end of the holder A. rlhe holder is slotted longitudinally at c and has tapered projections e and annular ribs ff. A sleeve E is mounted on the holder between the ribs f f and can slide over the projections e. When the sleeve is in the position shown in Fig. 3, the brush can be readily removed from the holder; but when the sleeve is moved to the position shown in Fig. 2 it compresses the holder, and the brush is firmly secured thereto.- After the cuticle has been pushed back by the tool the brush is used to clean the nails and remove any particles of cuticle that remain on the nail.

I claim as my invention- 1. As anew article of manufacture, a manicure-tool having a holder shaped at one end to form a curved slot and having a detachable metallic tool shaped to conform to the slot and having a rounded end, substantially as described.

2. As anew article of manufacture, a manicure-tool having a holder, a curved slot inone end, a stop, and a detachable metallic tool curved in cross-section and rounded at the end, substantially as described.

3. As a new article of manufacture, a manicure-tool having a holder, and a rounded and curved tool at one end, a detachable brush at the opposite end, and means for securing the brush to the holder, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

MARY E. SCHILZ.

Witnesses:

WILL. A. BARR, JAMES C. KRAYER. 

